Esther Fraile: “Focusing on psychosocial impacts helps us to identify the causes in order to combat them».»
The psychologist from the Sira Centre gave a talk at the 39th Unipau Summer Course, dedicated to the psychosocial impacts generated by migration policies and reception conditions People who undertake the migratory transit from Africa to the European Union suffer various human rights violations along the way, including the violation of their human rights [...].
Justice sentences the State to compensate an activist accused of terrorism, for wrongful imprisonment
In 2015, Nahuel, an activist with the vegan anarchist group “Straight Edge”, spent up to 14 months in first-degree pre-trial detention before being acquitted along with his comrades. Following his complaint, the state must now compensate him with 54,650 euros. We have submitted an expert report to his case, which proves the damage he suffered [...]
The only case of torture during Franco's dictatorship that could testify in Spain has been closed.
The judge took the statement of the complainant and the witness Rosa María García Alcón on 15 September 2023, an exceptional event as it was the first time that victims of Franco's regime had testified in Spanish courts. The Law of Democratic Memory approved in 2022 is still insufficient to put an end to the [...]
93% of migrants in Mexico report having been detained in inhumane conditions.
Yuriria Salvador and Josué Gómez, both from the Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Centre, located in Tapachula, Chiapas, presented the results of the report “Centros de detención migratoria como entornos torturantes”, which was also written with the participation of members of the Sira Centre team. On a day dedicated to immigration detention, Belén Santos, from Red Interlavapies, [...]
Two new lawsuits filed in Galicia for torture during Franco's regime
The complaints are added to the more than 100 already filed for crimes against humanity committed during Franco's dictatorship CEAQUA, Xosé María Brañas and Manuel Reboiras have filed two new complaints for crimes against humanity in the Courts of Instruction of A Coruña and Vigo, denouncing the torture, humiliation and ill-treatment committed during the Franco dictatorship [...].
Two years of the Law of Democratic Memory: slow and ineffective implementation and lack of justice for victims
Two years after the Democratic Memory Law came into effect, impunity and the lack of decisive action to uncover the truth about the serious crimes committed during the Franco regime are the major shortcomings of this legislation. In these years, progress has been made, albeit very slowly, in areas such as […]
The Madrid High Court hears the case of Ahmed and Hakima, recognised by the UN as victims of a housing rights violation.
The couple, who have suffered several evictions from their rental properties, have filed a claim for damages against the Community of Madrid. Pau Pérez Sales, clinical director of the Sira Center, explained to the Administrative Court the expert report prepared by the organization, which analyzes the psychological damage and the impact on the family's life plans […]
Detention centres as torturous environments
The concept of torturous environments allows us to name and understand the violence perpetrated in immigration detention centers within a broader context, and its effects on individuals. YURIRIA SALVADOR | Advocacy Coordinator, Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Center. Since 2006, the Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Center has been conducting observation and monitoring […]
Paula de la Fuente: “On board the rescue ship, a community is generated that is also recognised on land”.”
Having disembarked a few days ago, the collaborator from the Sira Center shared her experience as a doctor on a rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean Sea. She did so during the event “Psychosocial Impacts of Migration Policies,” in which several people also presented their experiences in different reception systems. The day was dedicated to […]
We need to be more
Join us. Be one of the first 100 members of the Sira Center. Let's be more, to do more. GABRIELA LÓPEZ NEYRA | Coordinator of the Sira Center This is an important week. We're launching our "Let's Be 100" campaign with great enthusiasm (and a little bit of vertigo). An invitation to all of you who are there, so close, to join us […]